WALKER, Minn. (FOX 9) - State investigators have released the identity of the Walker, Minn. police officer who shot a man that authorities say was wielding a knife and had threatened to kill workers at a Dollar General store last week.

Walker police officer identified

What we know:

The Minnesota BCA identified Officer Kent Cleveland as the officer who fired the shots that subdued the suspect, identified as 31-year-old Dillon Kloehn, outside the Dollar General on Aug. 8.

Officer Cleveland has been placed on leave, which is standard protocol during use-of-force investigations.

Kloehn was briefly hospitalized but is now being held in the Itasca County Jail on charges out of Cass County.

Dig deeper:

Kloehn is charged with first-degree assault against a peace officer, two additional

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